Question Crashing on start with an Intel Arc 140T

[Expomarker 36]

It loads everything, I hear music, and then it goes black and just closes.

Everything low settings, Intel Core Ultra 9 285H, 32GB ram, the GPU gets ~17 GB for memory.

What is happening?

 

[Kiwi Shark]

It’s likely a compatibility issue, either with the nature of an integrated GPU (the game really prefers dedicated VRAM) or with Intel’s graphics drivers as a whole (make sure yours are up to date).

RW already has trouble getting help from AMD (although that might change soon), but I have no idea what the situation is regarding Intel graphics support.

It’s interesting that you get past the initial load though. Maybe if you can free up more system memory there’s a chance.

 

[Expomarker 36]

So, I've looked into it a little more and updated my graphics drivers.


I do have vulkan support so it's weird why it crashes.


I also have 18 gigs of VRAM so it should be more than enough. Hopefully this is soon resolved

 

[Kiwi Shark]

18GB of shared RAM isn't necessarily the same as 18GB dedicated VRAM, performance wise.

I've been seeing other reports of integrated Intel graphics in particular being finicky, but also on Intel GPUs. My guess is an overall driver compatibility thing.

Hopefully this is soon resolved

Hopefully indeed!

 

[isaiah67331]

Hey KSA players with Intel Arc graphics on Linux — I made KSA Control Center, a launcher and mod manager for Kitten Space Agency.

It helps you launch KSA, manage and back up mods, browse a mod catalog, and use an Intel Arc-friendly Linux graphics profile. I tested it on Fedora with an Intel Arc A750.

Check it out here:
https://github.com/isaiah67331-lgtm/KSA-Control-Center

Important: only the Linux version has been tested so far. The Windows build is available but still untested. If you try it on another Intel Arc card, I’d love to hear how it works for you.

 

[Maxi]

Hey KSA players with Intel Arc graphics on Linux — I made KSA Control Center, a launcher and mod manager for Kitten Space Agency.

It helps you launch KSA, manage and back up mods, browse a mod catalog, and use an Intel Arc-friendly Linux graphics profile. I tested it on Fedora with an Intel Arc A750.

Check it out here:
https://github.com/isaiah67331-lgtm/KSA-Control-Center

Important: only the Linux version has been tested so far. The Windows build is available but still untested. If you try it on another Intel Arc card, I’d love to hear how it works for you.

Hi @isaiah67331 just curious: How does this make running KSA with Intel cards easier? What exactly does the code do?

 

[isaiah67331]

Hi @isaiah67331 just curious: How does this make running KSA with Intel cards easier? What exactly does the code do?

Hi Maxi KSA was freezing while loading on my Intel Arc A750 so I made this to help fix that

On Linux it detects Intel graphics and launches KSA with Mesa’s Intel Vulkan driver and FIFO presentation mode when available It does not modify KSA or install drivers it is just a small reversible launch profile

I have only tested it on Fedora with an Arc A750, so other Arc cards and Windows still need testing.